On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 05:58:06PM +0200, Tube wrote: > Sorry for being a little bit off-topic but I think you're the people who might > have the clue. I'm looking for a good 2D graphics card from a manufacturer > that supports linux drivers that work. I used Matrox all the years but the > provided drivers don't run anymore with the latest version of xorg.
I picked up a Matrox G450 one year ago (new for 1€ on eBay). The driver is a bit ugly, but it's hackable. Reverse engineering the blob is also not hard. > Any suggestion for a good power saving card? What about an AMD geode ;)? Moreover, Intels cards are mainly Free Software. You could also solder one yourself (there are SMD framebuffer chips): http://www.xgitech.com/products/products_1.asp?P=3 (there are some pci card with these chips) > TIA > Tube Regards, Matthias-Christian
